Rail degradation due to thermite weld discontinuities: Field experience

Keyphrases

• Dynamic Load 100%
• Surface Hardness 100%
• Vertical Irregularity 100%
• Weld Discontinuity 100%
• Thermite Weld 100%
• Testing Period 100%
• European Standards 50%
• Fatigue Mechanism 50%
• Transversal 50%
• Degradation Rate 50%
• Wheel-rail Contact 50%
• Service Life 50%
• Ratcheting 50%
• Loading Conditions 50%
• Rolling Contact Fatigue 50%
• Vehicle-track Interaction 50%
• Interaction Model 50%
• Dynamic Force 50%
• Testing Sites 50%
• Accurate Assessment 50%
• Railway Application 50%
• High Dynamic 50%
• High Dynamic Loads 50%
• Rail Steel 50%
• Recent Technology 50%
• Testing Approaches 50%
• High Loss 50%
• Fatigue Degradation 50%
• Longitudinal Profile 50%
• Degradation Behavior 50%

Engineering

• Weld 100%
• Dynamic Loads 37%
• Field Result 25%
• Railway 12%
• Progression 12%
• Loading Condition 12%
• Rolling Contact Fatigue 12%
• Dynamic Force 12%
• Rail Steel 12%
• Degradation Rate 12%
• Service Period 12%

Material Science

• Dynamic Loads 100%
• Surface (Surface Science) 66%
• Rolling Contact Fatigue 33%